November 9th, 2004
Seen at Rent A Coder: a bid request for a Linux distribution with branding.
I need a new linux distribution based on kernel 2.6.8 or later (2.7) with branded/customized KDE 3.3…
Makes you wonder what the guy wants to do with this. And this is definitely the most “different” bid request I’ve seen in awhile.
Oh, by the way, if you’re looking for a freelance PHP or Python developer, or a Linux administrator for your web server, I may just be your man. Drop me a message.
Men turn into ugly things when they know they cannot get you. That’s the blog of one of Singapore’s top bloggers. Always quirky, full of attitude. One of the few non-tech blogs I read. (3)
Version Control System Comparison. Why moving to CVS in your organization/project may not be the best idea: Atomic commits - CVS doesn’t have this. Renaming support - CVS doesn’t have this (there are ways to hack around this, but you will lose revision history). There are better choices out there.
Sidenote: I’ve been posting quite a few “Asides” recently. On my todo list is to offer an RSS feed without these “Asides” posts. (7)
November 5th, 2004
Thanks to Patrick Strang who pointed me to Steven Geen’s simple anti-comment spam measure for MovableType, I managed to stem the current flow of “Please approve this comment” emails flooding my inbox. This has been happening since last Saturday! Argh! Why are they doing this even when everything goes into the moderation queue?
Anyway, it’s so simple to get this into WordPress - just edit wp-comments.php and wp-comments-post.php to add the field to the comment form (see below) and die() when the correct “letter of the day” isn’t entered. (Though die()ing isn’t the most elegant way, but WordPress does this for the other fields as well.)
Check out the comment form if the picture above is too small. Sorry to have to put you commentors through this, but it’s really for my sanity. At least it isn’t one of those randomly-generated graphical thingies that really ensures you are human (or an equivalent intelligent lifeform).
Vanessa Tan laments the no Firefox, IE-only policy in her organization. How many of you work in organizations like hers? (Mine happens to practice freedom of choice.) (15)
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